Sabine Weiss: Photography is not an art but a craft

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The 92-year-old photographer says she hates being pigeonholed as an artist
(Thomas Kern/swissinfo.ch)

JAN 6, 2017 - 11:00
By Katy Romy, Thomas Kern

She used light to convey emotions through photography, rather than to put herself on centre stage. What mattered to Sabine Weiss was the work itself, not exhibiting it.

Now, at 92, the last representative of the humanist school has agreed to open up with a retrospective exhibition that is currently showing in Switzerland, her country of origin.

Artist, feminist, humanist photographer, Weiss does not care for labels: “I don't like being put in a box, as I've done so many different things.” What makes successful photography? “It should be simple, and it should move you.”

And that's just how she has lived her extraordinary life: in simplicity. With her sensitive eye, she turned ordinary scenes into timeless images. She photographed street children and famous people with the same frankness, always capturing the nobility of the moment.







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